Jamaican Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 9 (2.06 m) and plays center. Pichardo is member of t

Is a professional basketball player. He is 6 ft 9 (2.06 m) and plays center. Pichardo is member of the Dominican Republic national basketball team.

Was the publisher and editor of Bohemia Magazine, the most popular news-weekly of its day in Cuba an

Was the publisher and editor of Bohemia Magazine, the most popular news-weekly of its day in Cuba and Latin America, known for its political journalism and editorial writing. He was also one of the pioneers of Cuban Scouting.In 1914, the first Scout groups in Cuba were founded, and Carlos Alzugarai, Miguel Ángel Quevedo, Jules Loustalot and others wrote up the statutes and began Scout activities.

Was a Puerto Rican soap opera and movie actor.Suarez and his sister were born into a middle class fa

Was a Puerto Rican soap opera and movie actor.Suarez and his sister were born into a middle class family and raised in the Santurce section of San Juan, Puerto Rico. His father worked at a local supermarket and his mother was a housewife. When Suarez was a child, he went with his mother to see a play. This was his first experience with the theater and Suarez was so impressed that after the curtains rose and the actors did their show, he knew that he wanted to become an actor. Suarez went to school and received his primary and secondary education in his hometown. When Suarez and his sister returned from school, their mother would read stories or prepare little plays which helped to develop their imagination

Was a Spanish born Cuban painter. He is best remembered for colorful landscapes such as Pueblo Campe

Was a Spanish born Cuban painter. He is best remembered for colorful landscapes such as Pueblo Campesino (1891) and Bohío y Palma con Riachuelo (1908) which mainly depicted harmonious rural themes.Bardou was born in Astorga, Leon, Spain in 1841. He moved to Cuba where he worked as a painter and scenographer in Cuban theatres. In 1885 he made a notable display at the La Caridad Theater in Santa Clara, Cuba. He was later employed as a scenographer in the Alhambra Theater in Havana. In 1966, 1971 and 1980 his paintings were exhibited of the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana. The Daytona Beach Museum of Arts is today in possession of one of his earlier paintings, Paisaje Cubano (Cuban Landscape), painted in 1875.

Is a Cuban writer, novelist and ethnographer. He studied sociology at the University of Havana, unde

Is a Cuban writer, novelist and ethnographer. He studied sociology at the University of Havana, under Fernando Ortiz , the pioneer of Cuban anthropology. Ortíz Fernández's studies of Afro-Cuban cultures influenced many of the themes, both literary and scholarly, of Barnet.

Is a former basketball player from Cuba, who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at th

Is a former basketball player from Cuba, who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold and silver medalist.

Is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic gold and silver medalist.

Is a Canadian artist, born in Havana, Cuba on February the 26th of 1960.Graduated of Drawing and Pai

Is a Canadian artist, born in Havana, Cuba on February the 26th of 1960.Graduated of Drawing and Painting from the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro" in 1980. He finished a Master Degree in Fine Arts at the Instituto Superior de Arte (I.S.A.) in 1985; he worked as a professor at the Instituto Superior de Diseño Industrial (ISDI), among other art schools in Cuba. He also worked as a specialist at the Centro de "Diseño Ambiental" (Interior Design) in Havana.

Is a Cuban filmmaker. At age 17, he made his first short with a VHS camcorder, which led to his admi

Is a Cuban filmmaker. At age 17, he made his first short with a VHS camcorder, which led to his admittance to the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba (EICTV). Since then he has won awards in his country with his short films Bailar Sobre Agujas (1999), Buena Onda, (1999), and Clase Z Tropical (2000).

Is an award-winning Cuban artist, specializing in paintings, ceramics and engravings.Cubiles went in

Is an award-winning Cuban artist, specializing in paintings, ceramics and engravings.Cubiles went into exile in 1961 and studied art at Miami-Dade College (then known as Miami-Dade Community College) and at the University of Miami.

Is a former Major League Baseball switch hitting outfielder. He played 12 seasons with the Pirates,

Is a former Major League Baseball switch hitting outfielder. He played 12 seasons with the Pirates, A's, Cubs, Indians, White Sox, Expos, Padres.

Was a Cuban musician and bandleader. He was the official originator of the danzón, and the founder

Was a Cuban musician and bandleader. He was the official originator of the danzón, and the founder of the Orquesta Faílde.Faílde's father was a Galician immigrant, and his mother a parda (dark mulatta).[1] He was first taught music by his father, who was a trombone player, and at ten played cornet in the Banda de Bomberros (firemen) de Matanzas. Later he learnt harmony and composition under a French tutor, Federico Peclier.

A Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American actor, who is often cast in roles as a villain.Ferrer b

A Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American actor, who is often cast in roles as a villain.Ferrer began his career in the early 1980s making guest appearances on episodic television. In 1983, he was given a small part as a waiter in the 1983 movie The Man Who Wasn't There. He also had a small part in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) as the Excelsior helm officer. He had a major role in the 1987 action movie RoboCop as aspiring, cocaine-snorting corporate executive Bob Morton. Since then, Ferrer has been cast in many major movies, usually in the role of flamboyant villains with a sense of humour. Ferrer's notable screen roles include a sinister biker in Valentino Returns (1988), a scientist in DeepStar Six (1989), Commander Arvid Harbinger in the comedy Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993), Lloyd Henreid in the Stephen King mini series The Stand (1994), investigative reporter Richard Dees in Stephen King's The Night Flier (1997), and Eduardo Ruiz in Traffic (2000).[2]

Is currently the shortstop of the Houston Astros Major League Baseball team. He began his first six

Is currently the shortstop of the Houston Astros Major League Baseball team. He began his first six seasons of his career with the Oakland Athletics, where he began his streak of 1,152 consecutive games, that ended with the Baltimore Orioles on June 22, 2007. In 2002, he was awarded the AL MVP award, and he was the MVP of the 2005 All-Star Game. Tejada entered the 2007 season with an active streak of eight straight 20 home-run seasons. His nickname is "La Gua Gua" for "The Bus" in Spanish as Tejada is known to drive in runs and drive his team to victory.

Was a Puerto Rican playwright, actor, and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.Once out of prison,

Was a Puerto Rican playwright, actor, and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.Once out of prison, Piñero continued to write and he also landed some small film roles, most notably in the Paul Newman police drama Fort Apache the Bronx. In the 1970s, Piñero co-founded the Nuyorican ("New York-Puerto Rican") Poets Cafe with a group of artists, one of which, Miguel Algarín, would become one of his best friends. The Cafe is a place for performance of poetry about the experience of being a Puerto Rican in New York. In 1977, Piñero's play "Short Eyes" was turned into a film directed by Robert M. Young. In the film Piñero played the part of "Go-Go", a prisoner. Piñero was considered a talented writer who described the evils of society, even though he continued to be a drug addict. Piñero wrote the Miami Vice TV episode "Smuggler's Blues" in 1984 and the screenplay for Short Eyes (the movie).

Started a coffee processing company which would later become "Jimenez & Fernandez, Sucrs, Inc." the

Started a coffee processing company which would later become "Jimenez & Fernandez, Sucrs, Inc." the makers of "Cafe Yaucono"In 1914, Tomas Prado, from Yauco was the owner of "The Coffee Co.". He created the coffee brand "Cafe Yaucono". Jimenez became interested in the brand and soon began negotiations with Prado with the intention of buying him out. In 1916, Prado sold "The Coffee Co." and its brand "Yaucono" to the heirs of Migul Ruiz. In 1917, the Ruiz family sold the company and Jimenez quit the company. Soon afterwards, Jimenez started his own company with Juan Fernandez which they named "Jimenez & Fernandez, Sucrs.".

Is a former boxer from Puerto Rico. Santana was born in Canovanas. Miguel Santana had an award winni

Is a former boxer from Puerto Rico. Santana was born in Canovanas. Miguel Santana had an award winning amateur boxing career, training alongside a young Jose Antonio Rivera, who is a two division world champion himself. Santana and Rivera became lifelong

Was a Cuban popular singer of high quality.Miguelito began his musical career in the Sexteto Habaner

Was a Cuban popular singer of high quality.Miguelito began his musical career in the Sexteto Habanero Infantil, where he played, variously, the guitar, tres, double bass, timbal and sometimes sang. Soon, his capability as a singer was realized, and from that moment he was constantly in demand. After a brief spell with María Teresa Vera's Sexteto Occidente, he was one of the founding members of the Septeto Jóvenes del Cayo in 1929.

Is a Cuban wrestler. He is the 2007 world champion in the men's Greco-Roman 120 kg category.

Is a Cuban wrestler. He is the 2007 world champion in the men's Greco-Roman 120 kg category.

Is an association football player from The Bahamas who currently plays for the University of Tampa m

Is an association football player from The Bahamas who currently plays for the University of Tampa men's soccer team.Bethel made his debut for the Bahamas in a March 2008 World Cup qualification match against the British Virgin Islands. He also played in the return match, scoring his first international goal.

Is a retired boxer from Jamaica who held world titles in several weight classes.McCallum represented

Is a retired boxer from Jamaica who held world titles in several weight classes.McCallum represented Jamaica as an amateur at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals. In 1979 he won a silver medal at the

Is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed for her native country at th

Is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Is an English-Barbadian international footballer currently playing for Harrow Borough. Jones started

Is an English-Barbadian international footballer currently playing for Harrow Borough. Jones started his career at Brentford as a youth player and was there for 5 years, after being released for injury problems at the age of 16. He went on to sign for Wok

Was often known as "Little Millie Small", and in the United States as "Millie Small", and is best kn

Was often known as "Little Millie Small", and in the United States as "Millie Small", and is best known as the singer of the 1964 hit, "My Boy Lollipop".Millie is the daughter of a sugar plantation overseer.[1] In her teens, she was part of a duo called 'Roy and Millie' (with Roy Panton) and was recording for Coxsone Dodd's Studio One record label.[1] They had a minor local hit with "We'll Meet".[1]In late 1963 she went to Forest Hill, London to make her fourth recording, an Ernest Ranglin rearrangement of "My Boy Lollipop", which had originally been recorded and released by Barbie Gaye in late 1956. Released in March 1964, Small's cover was a massive hit, reaching number two both in the UK Singles Chart[2] and in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It also topped the chart in Australia. Initially it sold over 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[3] Including singles sales, album usage and compilation inclusions, the song has since sold more than seven million copies worldwide.[1]

Is a former West Indian cricketer who played in two Tests and two ODIs in 1984.

Is a former West Indian cricketer who played in two Tests and two ODIs in 1984.